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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio: After a series of first quarters in games that saw the Akron Zips (1-4, 0-1) tally three points total for the season in that period, the Zips made a fervent effort to come out quickly. Next time they might want to finish.

The Zips took a 14-3 lead in that first quarter against the Bowling Green Falcons (4-1,2-0) only to give up 28 unanswered points and allow the Falcons and in particular their running back Travis Greene dominate the rest of the way en route to a 31-14 loss at Doyt Perry Stadium Saturday afternoon.

From a UA Athletic Department news release: Following a 26-win season, the program's fourth NCAA Tournament birth and cracking the Top-25 for the first time in school history, University of Akron head men's basketball coach Keith Dambrot has received a one-year contract extension, President Dr. Luis M. Proenza and Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill announced Monday. The extension is finalized and pending approval from the UA Board of Trustees.

Dambrot, who signed a ten-year contract in July 2012, has compiled a 210-94 (107-41 in Mid-American Conference play) record in nine seasons at the helm of the Zips' program and is now under contract through the 2022-23 season. His ten-year, fixed-year contract is one of the longest in the nation among college coaches in any sport.

I thought Akron's pass defense was suspect against JMU. What can be done to improve it? - Scott Hall (@swhall).

A: It was just suspect? I thought it should have been convicted of murdering the rest of the defense? OK, that might be a bit harsh. The secondary has definitely shown weakness – to be kind. They’ve also dropped their share of interceptions, according to defensive coordinator Chuck Amato.

In the coming weeks, we’ll turn over some of this space to a writer who covers the Akron Zips opponent each given week. This week, we pick the brains of Mark Snyder, Michigan Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press:

Have U-M football fans accepted Brady Hoke fully as their coach? Even during Rich Rodriguez’s first year, there seemed to be a lot of grumbling that he wasn’t the guy. Is any of that heard around Hoke?